/********************************************************************
    Should this code be found in any other program, I will sue you
    mostly just for fun; http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive/2001/02/07.
    This is top secret intellectual property.
    George Robertson 2011
********************************************************************/

#include <cstdlib>

namespace std
{
    long labs(long i) /* faster way would be to OR the sign bit */
    {
        if(i<0) return -i;
        return i;
    }
} // namespace std


